How do I look up an IP Address

pixydust007 · 02-26-2010, 08:41 PM

I have a stalker on one of my Groups. I know her name and her email and her IP address. I need her address and telephone. So I can report her. Anyone know what I can do? She has me at a loss cause I have other things to worry about. My daughter has breast cancer and she is having them removed next week so I don't need the harrassment. Can someone help me. Please.

AboveTheLogic · 02-26-2010, 10:13 PM

I would look at the IP and try to come up with a general location of where that IP originates, then start doing some searches for the name in the area... white pages are a good place to start. There are some sites that will do better than white pages for a fee.

If she has an email address associated with her ISP (comcast, roadrunner, aol, etc.; as opposed to gmail, hotmail, yahoo), then you have some good info to go to the police with.

Lexie · 02-28-2010, 02:49 PM

You have all the information you need in order to report her. If you are thinking of contacting her in person, so you can "reason" with her, forget it.

If the harassment is merely annoying, report her to her ISP. Report her to the forum admin. Block her emails to you.

If it is serious, replete with threats of a serious nature (bodily harm, threats of blackmail, etc.), then take it to your local police department and/or the FBI. Threats like that generally ARE taken seriously.

I work in law enforcement, and that is the proper way to deal with online harassment.

0siris · 03-02-2010, 08:16 AM

I want to take Lexie's reply one step further: do not contact the (alleged, since I know neither you nor this other person) stalker at all. Keep all communication (if any) in that forum, out in the open, where there is no doubt about what happened.

If you try to handle this on your own, you'll wind up in a He Said/She Said situation, and those situations do not end well. In fact, I've seen incidents where it led to BOTH sides claiming the other was the stalker.

Like Lexie said, you've got all the information law enforcement needs to proceed with this. Or the person's ISP, if that's the route you choose to take.

02-26-2010, 08:41 PM	#1
pixydust007 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1	How do I look up an IP Address I have a stalker on one of my Groups. I know her name and her email and her IP address. I need her address and telephone. So I can report her. Anyone know what I can do? She has me at a loss cause I have other things to worry about. My daughter has breast cancer and she is having them removed next week so I don't need the harrassment. Can someone help me. Please.

02-26-2010, 10:13 PM	#2
AboveTheLogic Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 475	I would look at the IP and try to come up with a general location of where that IP originates, then start doing some searches for the name in the area... white pages are a good place to start. There are some sites that will do better than white pages for a fee. If she has an email address associated with her ISP (comcast, roadrunner, aol, etc.; as opposed to gmail, hotmail, yahoo), then you have some good info to go to the police with. __________________ Internet IP vs. Local IP Port Forwarding

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02-28-2010, 02:49 PM	#3
Lexie Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1	You have all the information you need in order to report her. If you are thinking of contacting her in person, so you can "reason" with her, forget it. If the harassment is merely annoying, report her to her ISP. Report her to the forum admin. Block her emails to you. If it is serious, replete with threats of a serious nature (bodily harm, threats of blackmail, etc.), then take it to your local police department and/or the FBI. Threats like that generally ARE taken seriously. I work in law enforcement, and that is the proper way to deal with online harassment.

03-02-2010, 08:16 AM	#4
0siris Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: IL, USA Posts: 156	I want to take Lexie's reply one step further: do not contact the (alleged, since I know neither you nor this other person) stalker at all. Keep all communication (if any) in that forum, out in the open, where there is no doubt about what happened. If you try to handle this on your own, you'll wind up in a He Said/She Said situation, and those situations do not end well. In fact, I've seen incidents where it led to BOTH sides claiming the other was the stalker. Like Lexie said, you've got all the information law enforcement needs to proceed with this. Or the person's ISP, if that's the route you choose to take.